De Bortoli Wines
Australian wine company
De Bortoli Wines is a wine-producing private family-owned company based in Australia. In 2022 it was ranked the seventh largest Australian wine company by production, and the sixth largest in terms of total revenue. Its range of wines includes the sweet botrytized (Noble rot-affected) white dessert wine, Noble One.
Wineries and vineyards
De Bortoli Wines currently owns four wineries in four different Australian wine growing regions, this follows the acquisition of the vineyards, winery and tourism facility of Rutherglen Estates in 2018.
Bilbul near Griffith in the Riverina region of New South Wales
Near Cessnock in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales (formerly the Wilderness Estate winery, acquired in 2002)
Dixons Creek near Yarra Glen in the Yarra Valley in Victoria
Rutherglen in the Rutherglen wine region in Victoria
The company has vineyards in the same regions as its wineries, along with the King Valley in Victoria.
Winemaking
The winemaking team is overseen by third-generation winemaker Darren De Bortoli and his brother-in-law Steve Webber. In the early 1980s, Darren De Bortoli created the Noble One Botrytis Semillon. Leanne De Bortoli and her husband, Steve Webber, established the company's Yarra Valley winery and restaurant complex in the late 1980s, with Steve Webber also responsible for overseeing the Yarra Valley winery and vineyards.
Noble One
De Bortoli Wines Noble One Botrytis Semillon is a sweet white dessert wine, developed by Darren De Bortoli during the early 1980s.
Since its release, Noble One has been awarded 104 Trophies, 352 Gold medals and 113 International Awards.
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